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Skipper Hat: Slouchy 'Grenadine Diabolo'

Mad Jessie

Serpentine/L38

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Product description

Grenadine Diabolo: The Mad Jessie Skipper Hat, inspired by Jaques Cousteau

Skipper Hats are made for those in search of adventure.

Warm, soft, comfortable and hardy, this hat will stay with you through thick and thin.

These hats are the result of a beautiful collaboration between two friends and businesswomen, MJ and Caroline.

Knitted by Caroline in Waterford, after many many (many!) samples and redesigns.

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100% lambswool

30° machine wash

Mild detergent

DO NOT tumble dry

Line dry in shade

Steam iron

Made in Ireland

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So I am both French and Irish. Half half you could say. Which half you ask? Well, it depends on the day!

Being French, and with the family I have, I grew up knowing all about Jaques Cousteau. Deep sea diver and pioneer, inventor, adventurer, explorer… and passionate about the conservation of our oceans.

During the summer, we would spend time with my family on the coast of Brittany. I was that child who would spend their day at the beach in the water. It was impossible to get me out of the sea, and I would explore the sea bed and the animals there in wonderment and respect.

After a long beach day we were often rewarded with a “Diabolo,” a mix of lemonade and syrup, and my favourite was the Grenadine flavour, mixed with the salt on my lips it made for a delicious combination, and was the same red as Cousteau’s famous beanie hat.

Then Life Aquatic came out, and what great parody/homage to Cousteau! As a fun gift to the crew that sailed my own boat from Scotland to Ireland, I got them all red beanies. So it was only natural that one of my Skipper hats would be inspired by the great Cousteau, and a little by Steve Zissou too!